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auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, at (978) 

465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: April 27, 2010. 

William D. Chappell, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10185 Filed 4–30–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XW15 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council will convene a 

meeting of the Standing, Special Reef 

Fish and Special Red Drum Scientific 

and Statistical Committees. 

DATES: The meeting will convene at 9 

a.m. on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 and 

conclude by 3 p.m. on Friday, May 21, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council, 2203 North Lois Avenue, Suite 

1100, Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: 

(813) 348–1630. 

Council address: Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council, 2203 N. 

Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 

33607. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steven Atran, Population Dynamics 

Statistician; Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council; telephone: (813) 

348–1630. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee will meet to discuss a 

number of issues related to the 

development of Reef Fish Amendment 

32 (gag rebuilding and gag and red 

grouper adjustments to annual catch 

limits) and the Generic Annual Catch 

Limits/Accountability Measures (ACL/ 

AM) Amendment. During part of the 

meeting, the Standing SSC will meet 

jointly with the Special Red Drum SSC 

to review available information to 

determine if a red drum acceptable 

biological catch (ABC) can be 

established in the exclusive economic 

zone (EEZ). The remainder of the 

meeting will be a joint meeting of the 

Standing and Special Reef Fish SSC. 

The SSC will (1) review updated yield 

projections for gag and red grouper that 

incorporate 2009 landings data and will 

re-evaluate their ABC recommendations 

for these stocks based on the new 

information; (2) review a decisionmaking spreadsheet being prepared by 

the Southeast Regional Office for 

analyses of combinations of bag limits, 

closed seasons, minimum size limits 

and slot limits for the recreational gag 

fishery to determine if use of the 

spreadsheet represents the best available 

scientific information when evaluating 

potential management measures; (3) 

review a critique by the Southeast 

Fisheries Science Center of a species 

groupings analyses prepared by the 

Southeast Regional Office, and will 

consider possible revisions to the 

proposed species groupings for 

purposes of setting annual catch limits; 

(4) develop a strategy for assigning 

ABCs to species and species groupings 

that require an ABC under the Generic 

ACL/AM Amendment; (5) continue the 

process of developing an ABC control 

rule for assigning future ABCs; (6) 

review tentative ABC values used by the 

Council on an interim basis in order to 

develop alternatives for allowable 

octocorals, stone crab claws, royal red 

shrimp, and the Peneid shrimp species 

in the Generic ACL/AM Amendment 

options paper; and (7) discuss possible 

strategies to resolve differences between 

the Gulf Council SSC and the South 

Atlantic Council SSC in ABC 

recommendations for the black grouper 

stock, which straddles jurisdictional 

boundaries. 

Copies of the agenda and other related 

materials can be obtained by calling 

(813) 348–1630 or can be downloaded 

from the Council’s ftp site, 

ftp.gulfcouncil.org. 

Although other non-emergency issues 

not on the agenda may come before the 

Scientific and Statistical Committees for 

discussion, in accordance with the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

those issues may not be the subject of 

formal action during this meeting. 

Actions of the Scientific and Statistical 

Committees will be restricted to those 

issues specifically identified in the 

agenda and any issues arising after 

publication of this notice that require 

emergency action under Section 305(c) 

of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

provided the public has been notified of 

the Council’s intent to take action to 

address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Tina 

O’Hern at the Council (see ADDRESSES) 

at least 5 working days prior to the 

meeting. 

Dated: April 27, 2010. 

William D. Chappell, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10184 Filed 4–30–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–AT31 

American Lobster Fishery 

Management 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS has prepared a draft 

environmental impact statement (DEIS) 

that identifies several proposed 

management actions and alternatives for 

the American lobster fishery in Federal 

waters. The management actions are 

based on recommendations to NMFS by 

the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 

Commission (Commission) as part of the 

Commission’s Interstate Fishery 

Management Plan for American Lobster 

(ISFMP). Two of the three proposed 

management measures evaluated in the 

DEIS would implement limited access 

programs (LAPs), limiting future access 

in two Lobster Conservation 

Management Areas (Areas) Area 2 and 

the Outer Cape Area based upon 

historical participation within the 

fishery. The third proposed measure 

would implement an individual 

transferable trap program (ITT) in three 

Areas--Area 2, Area 3, and the Outer 

Cape Area. The DEIS evaluates four ITT 

alternatives. NMFS has not selected a 

preferred alternative to implement the 

ITT program. NMFS will hold public 

meetings to receive comments on the 

potential biological, economic, and 

social impacts of proposed measures 

evaluated in this DEIS. 

DATES: Written comments on the DEIS 

must be received no later than 5 p.m., 

Eastern Standard Time, on June 29, 

2010. Also, verbal comments may be 

presented at public meetings which are 


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